Hurricanes to the Fore: The First Aces

11 Group 24 hours achieved ace action Air Component aircraft airfield attacked base Battle of Britain Battle of France Bétheniville Biggin Hill Blitzkrieg bomb bombers burst Channel CHAPTER THREE claimed climb Clisby cloud Cobber cockpit combat credited despatched dived Dornier Emils enemy engaged England escorts Fighter Command fighter pilots fire flew flight commander flown by Flg Flt Lt force French frontline further future aces German groundcrew Hawker fighter Heinkel Hurricane Mk Hurricane pilots Hurricane squadrons Hurricane units III./JG June Kain Kain's later Lille/Seclin lost Luftwaffe machine Merville Messerschmitt Messerschmitt 109s North Weald October Operation Orton patrol Paul Richey Phoney Phoney War pilots killed RAF fighter RAF's returned Rouvres score scrambled September 1939 shared damaged shared destroyed shot sorties Spitfire Sqn Hurricanes Sqn Ldr Sqn pilots starboard tally Tangmere unconfirmed destroyed unit's Vassincourt victories Werner Mölders wing Zerstörer